"The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past."

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Source : Jean-Henri Fabre, Alexander Teixeira De Mattos (2000). “The Life of the Fly”, p.117, The Minerva Group, Inc.

Jean-Henri Fabre

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“It's a mission for me to make sure that philanthropy doesn't feel like a vintage hand-me-down from mom or dad. I want people to feel compelled to do something positive because they just love it, they're excited about it, and it's cool.”
“Make up stories until you find one you can live with.”

Source : Lidia Yuknavitch (2011). “The Chronology of Water: A Memoir”, p.194, Hawthorne Books
“Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities. â€¨”
“It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection.”
“Don't go to men who are willing to kill themselves driving in circles looking for normality.”
“self-sacrifice is one of a woman's seven deadly sins (along with self-abuse, self-loathing, self-deception, self-pity, self-serving, and self-immolation).”
“Jed Diamond is, quite simply, one of the wisest men writing today on the topic of male emotional and physical health.”

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